Samuel D. Sturgis Jr.

Samuel Davis Sturgis Jr. (16 July 1897-5 July 1964) was a General in the US Army Corps of Engineers during World War II.

Biography
Samuel Davis Sturgis Jr. was born in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1897, the grandson of American Civil War general Samuel D. Sturgis. He graduated from West Point in 1918 and was sent to the Philippines in 1926 as an engineer. From 1943 to 1946, he served as chief engineer of the Sixth Army, and his engineers contributed to the war effort in the Pacific during the World War II, taking part in engineering projects from New Guinea to the Philippines. From 1953 to 1956, he served as Chief of Engineers, and he died in Washington DC in 1964.